Adjustable Height Table
Space has always been a problem in my apartment. It seems that we cannot get things to look good and fit well together at the same time. When we had a pretty little coffee table, it looked great in the middle of the room. It made everything fit well together, actually. The only problem was that we can not do any projects on it. It was at such a low height that when we tried to work are scrapbook there, we both got terrible backaches and had to go lie down. When I tried to have a full-sized worktable, I had a very different problem. You see, there was no room for anything. It blocked the TV, which was a major obstacle since we love to have our friends over for movie night whenever possible. We really couldn't resolve the issue until we got an adjustable height table.
You'd think that adjustable height tables would be a common invention. After all, if you live in an apartment with a limited amount of space – as many people do these days – there's nothing that will solve your problems more effectively than an adjustable height table. But the reality of the matter is, it took us literally weeks to find one that met our needs. Most adjustable tables were flimsy things, meant to be set up quickly and quickly taken down.
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We didn't need a card table, we needed an adjustable height table that was solid, that could handle books, computers, art supplies, and other substantially weighty equipment. But I guess most of the companies that make furniture assume that if you want an adjustable height table, you are going for cheapness and portability over quality and stability. If you need all of these things, you're going to have to look long and hard before you can find an adjustable height table to suit you.
We finally did find an adjustable height table at IKEA. It was everything that we looked for –well almost everything. It was well made, it was portable, it was easily adjusted. It was everything, in fact, except attractive. That, however, was easily fixed with a new paint job. We painted it black and then pasted pictures in a collage pattern to decorate it. By the time we were finished with it, it looked beautiful. Now our apartment is almost perfect. We can use it both for hanging out and lounging around with friends, and for getting serious work done.